Palmblad (palmyra palm), anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800 Palm magazine Manuscript consisting of 18 palm leaves with text in Tamil and Portuguese. The first 6 magazines contain more or less the same text, namely fragments of the catechism in two languages: in a variant of spoken Tamil and in Portuguese. The following 6 sheets contain fragments of the catechism in the Tamil. On the remaining 6 leaves, one is blank, there are exercises for learning the Tamil alphabet. The manuscript was probably intended for didactic purposes under the Christian Tamil community on the coast of Tamil Nadu, India. Ind
Palmblad (palmyra palm), anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800 Palm magazine Manuscript consisting of 18 palm leaves with text in Tamil and Portuguese. The first 6 magazines contain more or less the same text, namely fragments of the catechism in two languages: in a variant of spoken Tamil and in Portuguese. The following 6 sheets contain fragments of the catechism in the Tamil. On the remaining 6 leaves, one is blank, there are exercises for learning the Tamil alphabet. The manuscript was probably intended for didactic purposes under the Christian Tamil community on the coast of Tamil Nadu, India. India palm leaf (material). wood (plant material) Palm magazine Manuscript consisting of 18 palm leaves with text in Tamil and Portuguese. The first 6 magazines contain more or less the same text, namely fragments of the catechism in two languages: in a variant of spoken Tamil and in Portuguese. The following 6 sheets contain fragments of the catechism in the Tamil. On the remaining 6 leaves, one is blank, there are exercises for learning the Tamil alphabet. The manuscript was probably intended for didactic purposes under the Christian Tamil community on the coast of Tamil Nadu, India. India palm leaf (material). wood (plant material)
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